I think that can be two sides of the same thing. We all decide we're idiots for some of the things we do/say but we forget to do the opposite too, give ourselves credit for the brilliant things we do/say.

I can decide my sense of humor is worthy but if I scowl all the time and snap at people and don't enjoy my own company, how useful is it having that sense of self worth? We do need what we "see" in ourselves (or what others see in us) to be projected into the world in some way as well as valuing it in ourselves. Valuing honesty and being a pretty habitual liar, that will just get us confused?

However, self worth can come from the outside, if we agree with what those we trust tell us and look for it inside until we see it too. My husband told me one evening while laughing at my mixed-up speech that he wasn't laughing "at me" or "with me", he was "enjoying me!" I'm a bit like Yogi Berra to my family, 25 Funny Quotes of Yogi Berra - Listverse, and it is funny! It's endearing to others and why they love me. So, I might as well love myself for unconsciously giving us all a good laugh? Who doesn't love to make others happy?